Composite shoe heel



Sept 1931- B. GlLowrrz 1,821,633

COMPOS ITE SHOE HEEL Original Filed Aug. 29, 1929 ETES Suva/wk@ l @ja/22,372 Gfzllaw/iiz.

Patented Sept. 1, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMPOSITE SHOE HEEL ,-Original application filed August 29, 1929, Serial No. 389,236. Divided and this application filed January 31, 1930` The invention aims to provide a new and improved heel construction in which compressed paper, leather or the like, may be advantageously Vused in connection with some yieldable or elastic material such as rubber.

A further object is toprovide a yieldable tread member with tongues formed integrally therewith and to provide a heel body with spaced grooves in which the to-ngues are secured, the tread member and the heel body being tightly cemented orotherwise secured together.

Vith the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter hereinafter described and claimed, description being accomplished by reference to the accompanying drawings.

F ig. l is a perspective view.

Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical sectional views on lines 2-2 and 3--8 of Fig. l. y

In the drawings above briefly described, the preferred construction has been illustrated. This construction will be herein rather specifically explained, with the understanding that within the scope of the invention as claimed, variations may be made.

The heel body 2O may be formed from leather, compressed paper or other desired material, the longitudinal and rear edge portions of said body being provided with-spaced vertical grooves 21 extending upwardly from the lower side of the body and preferably opening through the upper side thereof. These grooves arepreterably parallel-sided and rather shallow.

Cemented, vulcanized or otherwise secured to the lower side of the body 20, is a yieldable lift or tread member 22 of rubber or the like, said tread member being provided with integral upstanding tongues 23 which are snugly received in the grooves 21, said tongues being cemented, vulcanized or secured in the grooves in some other appropriate manner.

The constructiOn above described affords a tenacious bond between the heel body and the tread member and also provides a heel of attractive appearance. l/Vhen the tread member 22 has become badly worn, it may be cut from the tongues 23, leaving the latter spaced upstanding Serial No. 424,934.

secured to the heel body 20. Then, a new rubber heel may be applied to said heel body and finished in the usual way. Instead 0i1V doing this, if so desired, the tread member 22 and the tongues 23 maybe all removed from the body 20, and a new tread member having appropriate tongues may then be substituted. IVhile the parts 20-22-f23 are shown assembled as a single unit and may be marketed in this way, it will also be understood that the members 2() and 22, the latter with the tongues 23 and the former with the grooves 2l, may be marketed separately if desired.

By providing the novel construction shown and described or a substantial equivalent thereof, a composite heel of simple and ineX pensive, yet durable construction is provided, and one which will present an unusually attractive appearance, particularly 0n sport shoes, it being obvious that the portions of the body 2O exposed at the edge of the heel, and the rubber portions 22 and 28, may be of distinguishing colors.

This applica-tion is a` division of my parent U. S. application, Serial No. 389,236, filed August 29, 1929.

I claim l. A composite shoe heel comprising a heel body having a plurality of vertical grooves in its edge extending upwardly from its lower side, a yieldable tread member secured against the lower side of said body, and vertical tongues integral with said tread member and secured in said grooves.

2. In a shoe heel, a heel body whose lower side is adapted to abut a lift, said body having circumterentially spaced grooves in its edge extending upwardly from its lower side, said grooves being adapted to receive upstanding tongues on the lift.

3. In a shoe heel, a yieldable lift having upstanding tongues integral with and rising from spaced portions of its longitudinal and rear edges, said tongues being adapted for reception in grooves of a heel body.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

BENJAMIN GILOWITZ. 

